National Republican., 1887-09-07
GONE FOR THE pARrY's GOOD.
Bill Browne Trying to Curry Favor
with the Democrats,

Bill bFoWno trylnR 10 Curry HhVor
with the Democrats.
Some colored men OF this District have TO
their surprise found themselves mixed up
in politics and their names attached to
Democratic circular addressed to the colored
voters Of Maryland urging them to unite
with the Democratic party. The credit for
the authorship OF this wonderful production
has been given to the well known colored
Republican striker, Bill Browne, or W. II
Browne as he signs himself, "president OF
the Whitney Navy Club.n Prior to the
election OF Mr.. Cleveland Browne was
known as an ardent Republican, loud aud
unceaslng In his denuncation OF the Demo.
Gratis, urging the men OF HE race to use
every effort to defeat that party at the
polls, for II successful II would be woeful
day for the colored people, particularly In
the south. He is secretary OF the
Eighteenth District Republican Club and
delegate from that districtto the Republican
central committee, both positions he still
holds, having evidently forgotten TO resign
In his haste to jump the fence, prove rene
gale to his party, and get into the Demo.
cratic camp. Not content with his own
treachery, however, he has done the meaucr
act OF falsely representing that other men
have turned traitors with him and used the
poses that never had any political signif-
cance. The Whitney Club, formerly the
GofT Club (named after Secretaries of
the Navy, was an Independent non-pO-
lltlcal club created for the purpose Of par
ticipating In the emancipation celebration
paradee, and appearing in line with full
rigged ship. The latter was procured from
the navy yard, and out of compliment for
that permission the club was named after
the Secretary Of the Navy. Bill Browne with
his usual freedom iD politics, not only took
the clubs name to give some Significance
or weight to the card he issued, but with
equal generosity supplied an executive
committee, and without consultation Dr
permit used the names OF Lewis Willis,
chairman; b. A. McDonsld, Richard Smith,
and Joseph Forrest. When these men found
that they were to some extent authority for
the Issuing OF u political circular from their
non-polltical club objection was raised aud
the spreading OF the address stopped.
President Browne promised that nothing
more should be done In the matter; but
that promise was only a blind, and soon
Bill, with assistance, was scattering broad
cast the address. The men whom he falsely
publishes as being party to his act and
members OF the executive committee repu-
diate his action, deny the truth OF the adj
dress, disclaim any connection with II, aud
deDounce him as falsely representing
them and using their names fraudulently.
Blll's eleventh hour conversion to the faith
Of the Democracy aud coalition with the
opposition is believed to be due to the fact
that he holds position in the navy yard
which he has neither the intention or de-
sire to give up The boys of the seven.
teenth, eighteenth, and twenty-fr dis
tricts, where William is well known,
spread a broad emile across their faces
when II is intimated that he has become a
full fledged Democrat and bets are offered
without takers, that In case the next elec
tion should result favorably for the Repub.
licans he will not only deny the authorship
Of his address to the colored men OF Mary
land urging them to vote the Democratic
ticket, but pronounce 1t false that he ever
claimed to be Democrat or anything else
than Republican. That's BIZ Browne tC
q certainty, and there are some other col
ored men just like him who hold money
| and position above party